19 14, the library in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA opened the world's earliest record library. At the beginning of its opening, the local women's club donated only 25 records. By 19 19, the library had nearly 600 volumes of records, which were lent out for 3,505 times.

There are also specialized libraries and virtual libraries.

Professional library

According to the definition of American Association of Specialized Libraries: "A specialized library is a library or data center set up or managed by an individual, a company, a club, a government agency or any other group. Its main purpose is to organize and disseminate all kinds of information and provide services for its specific readers through various media and laws". From the above definition, we can draw a conclusion that the establishment of a special library or information center, the collection of materials and service objects have their own particularity. Are you a little dizzy after reading such a long definition? In fact, to put it simply, the establishment of professional libraries is based on the needs of parent institutions, such as TSMC Library and Securities and Futures Trading Foundation Library, which all have their specific purposes and relatively fixed service scope, so the nature of professional libraries has its own special side.

Science-related, such as the Science Information Center of the National Science Council. http://www.stic.gov.tw/

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Virtual library

In order to cope with the development of network information, many libraries have developed virtual library services. For example, many university libraries in China have network services, but they only provide information search services, not real virtualization.

For example: http://infolib.ncl.edu.tw/, the information library affiliated to the National Library.

Yang Rong Digital Library has the functions of online medical dictionary and periodical query.

http://www.vghtpe.gov.tw/infoshare/